As things got chippy in the second period, the officials got whistle happy, calling three penalties in five minutes of play as the Red Wings and then Bruins were able to capitalize on the power play.

Less than 10 seconds into a high sticking penalty on the Bruins’ Milan Lucic and 14:27 into the second period, Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk buried a rebound off a Henrik Zetterberg shot. It was Datsyuk’s third goal of the series, tying the game up 1-1.

Zetterberg and Daniel Alfredsson were credited with the assist on the goal.

Following three penalties, including holding on the Red Wings’ Johan Franzen, a cross-checking on Detroit’s Brendan Smith, and an interference on the Bruins’ Loui Eriksson, led to a 4-on-3 for the Bruins. It didn’t take long for Bruins captain Zdeno Chara to get the one-timer, firing off a missile for the power play goal.

Brad Marchand, who continued his struggles from Game 4 in which he whiffed two open net shots, had another opportunity in front of Gustavsson earlier in the period to regain some dignity. But the Red Wings goalie wasn’t having any of it, making another solid save for the regularly backup goalie.

Rask continued to be stellar, stopping 11 shots in the period. The Bruins goalie turned back an Alfredsson, probably one of the Red Wings’ better opportunities on the Bruins netminder all game.